In the day-to-day reality of manufacturing companies (and beyond), the role of continuous process improvement is more important than ever. Concepts such as Lean Management, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and Agile are no longer mysterious novelties; company executives and middle managers for whom these are still “some foreign inventions” will either already have to—or will soon have to—face the consequences of a slow response to the ever-increasing needs of today’s consumers. Does innovation have to be a major, significant change? Innovation doesn’t have to be something